Is this elm?

[Rebelduckman]

I'm clearing a spot out for a chicken coop and cut down a few small trees. I think it's elm but not 100% since I haven't ever cut any

 

[Bret Chase]

it's not the elm that grows here...

 

[WiscWoody]

It looks like Knotty Alder which doesn't grow very big and likes wet areas. elm looks like this much of the horrendous time...

 

[Mag Craft]

All I have cut around here is Siberian elm and it is different from your pics.

 

[Rebelduckman]

All I have cut around here is Siberian elm and it is different from your pics.

Looking like I made a bad guess. Guess its not elm. I know whatever it is, I've never seen it before

 

[Woody Stover]

How big is that round in the pic? Sometimes it's hard to ID those small ones from the bark, which looks different on a bigger round. That thing looks knotty, almost like some kind of Cedar or something. I get the feeling that it might be some deep-south species that most of us don't see, like the foot-long cockroach.

 

[WiscWoody]

How big is that round in the pic? Sometimes it's hard to ID those small ones from the bark, which looks different on a bigger round. That thing looks knotty, almost like some kind of Cedar or something. I get the feeling that it might be some deep-south species that most of us don't see, like the foot-long cockroach.

You might recognize the image I pasted above eh Woody? Photo credit goes to you pal!

 

[Rebelduckman]

How big is that round in the pic? Sometimes it's hard to ID those small ones from the bark, which looks different on a bigger round. That thing looks knotty, almost like some kind of Cedar or something. I get the feeling that it might be some deep-south species that most of us don't see, like the foot-long cockroach.

It's around 5 inches.

 

[Woody Stover]

You might recognize the image I pasted above

I recall an elm pic posted here a couple years back (Jags, maybe?) that would make your hair stand on end!

 

[WiscWoody]

I know the post and yep it was Jags who posted the knarly pics...

 

[Applesister]

Yeah, is there any way you could post close up pics of the leaves?

 

[Bret Chase]

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I had a 20" ash do this exact thing... it was a 30 year old volunteer that grew up in the middle of my long neglected orchard that I am trying to rehabilitate.... talk about a long process.

upside, lots of pear and apple to smoke with :D

 

[Woody Stover]

I had a 20" ash do this exact thing

Ash, really? Maybe got a twisted grain from getting a lot of sun and not growing straight up; My White Ash in the woods here is usually pretty straight and splits easy.

 

[Bret Chase]

yes, Ash, really. I was quite shocked

 

[Bret Chase]

the tree grew straight up, but was the tallest tree with in a 75' radius. I've never had an ash split this mean... if it wasn't for the bark... and the leaves... and the wood.. I'd have thought it was an elm.